is still the law in pennsylvania. the judge has not ruled it to be unconstitutional although he said that it should be implemented in a different manner. because of all those things we are pleased with the ruling. >>reporter: this is a day when early voting has begun in ohio and florida. voters do need to show a voter i.d. in florida. in pennsylvania they will have to show an i.d. after this november's election. >>trace: thank you, eric, from new york. with us is the associate managing editor of the "wall street journal," parent company of this network. the deputy secretary of state in pennsylvania said a win-win for everyone. i'm not sure the republicans feel that way in pennsylvania today. >>guest: probably the republicans wanted this to go into affect and have some kind of voter identification in place before the election. the win-win comes through from the fact that this has not been outlawed in pennsylvania. you have it for later elections. imagine if the court had said "yes" and there was a close race, not what